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Why doesn't every car have this very important feature?

E92 · 2007-10-02 21:31:45

Its not airconditioing(though it is fantastic on cold morning like these for clearing off the fog on a windscreen), its not even a rev counter, no its actually something cars had for ages and ages but now not so many cars seem to have them. Its not a carburettor either. It is a really simple, but very important device. Its…

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#32 04-10-2007 12:02pm
DublinDilbert

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daedalus2097 wrote:

My Golf has a temp warning light and a temp gauge. It sits pretty much at half way from 5-10 mins after starting, but I think that's a characteristic of the VW thermostats - good temperature control.

There's actually a dead spot in the middle of most temperature gauges... it lets the driver know that everything is ok & the engine is operating within it's normal temperature range.... The dead region is typically from about 65 -> 100C anything below this is considered to be cold or above is considered to be too hot..

I remember my first opel kadett where it was purely an analogue gauge so it would move up and down quite alot, depending on speed / load...

I don't think i would buy a car without a temperature gauge.... for example you wonder what happens if that bulb that displays over temperature fails ( although not so much of an issue now as they are probably LEDs which will last 10 times longer than the car! )

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